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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
travelling rugs, crowd together in family groups till they are hardly distinguishable from
their baoro-ao-e.
A favourite site for a bivouac is the open space just within the Jaffa Gate ; but pilgrims
and wayfarers who select this spot must move at a very early hour in the morning, to make
way for the peasants who come from the neighbouring villages with daily supplies of fruit,
A GROCER'S SHOP, JERUSALEM.
Two peasant women seated in the foreground, and a man of Silwan (Siloam) carrying a patched goat's skin filled with water from Job's Well.
vegetables, and poultry for Jerusalem. This open space probably represents the " market-place "
mentioned by Josephus as being situated on the western hill, prior to the capture of the city
by the Romans ; and here the wholesale fruit and vegetable market is now held every day
soon after sunrise. Dusky women of Bethany and Siloam, in long blue or white gowns, with
bright-coloured kerchiefs tied round their heads, bring large baskets full of cucumbers,
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
travelling rugs, crowd together in family groups till they are hardly distinguishable from
their baoro-ao-e.
A favourite site for a bivouac is the open space just within the Jaffa Gate ; but pilgrims
and wayfarers who select this spot must move at a very early hour in the morning, to make
way for the peasants who come from the neighbouring villages with daily supplies of fruit,
A GROCER'S SHOP, JERUSALEM.
Two peasant women seated in the foreground, and a man of Silwan (Siloam) carrying a patched goat's skin filled with water from Job's Well.
vegetables, and poultry for Jerusalem. This open space probably represents the " market-place "
mentioned by Josephus as being situated on the western hill, prior to the capture of the city
by the Romans ; and here the wholesale fruit and vegetable market is now held every day
soon after sunrise. Dusky women of Bethany and Siloam, in long blue or white gowns, with
bright-coloured kerchiefs tied round their heads, bring large baskets full of cucumbers,